Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
The Committee was established in June 2021. It focuses on:
- Scrutinising the Scottish Government’s policies and progress towards meeting climate change targets across all government departments
- Transport
- Energy
- Net zero and circular economy
- Aspects of environmental policy
Next meeting
Meeting details are not yet available. They will be published here in due course.
Get in touch
If you want to get in touch, you can contact Peter McGrath, the Clerk for the Committee.
Address: The Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, EH99 1SP
Phone: 0131 348 6039 Find out about call charges.
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @SP_NetZero
If you're appearing as a witness at a committee, take a look at our witness guide for more information.
Members
Members of the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
Current Members
Edward Mountain
Convener
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: Highlands and Islands (Region)
Fiona Hyslop
Deputy Convener
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Linlithgow (Constituency)
Jackie Dunbar
Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Aberdeen Donside (Constituency)
Liam Kerr
Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: North East Scotland (Region)
Monica Lennon
Member
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: Central Scotland (Region)
Ash Regan
Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: Edinburgh Eastern (Constituency)
Mark Ruskell
Member
Party: Scottish Green Party
MSP for: Mid Scotland and Fife (Region)
Substitute Members
Collette Stevenson
Substitute Member
Party: Scottish National Party
MSP for: East Kilbride (Constituency)
Mercedes Villalba
Substitute Member
Party: Scottish Labour
MSP for: North East Scotland (Region)
Brian Whittle
Substitute Member
Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
MSP for: South Scotland (Region)
Committee work
Current
A modern and sustainable ferry service for Scotland
Advisers
Air quality
Legislative consent memorandum on the Energy Bill
Scotland’s electricity infrastructure: inhibitor or enabler of our energy ambitions?
Scottish Biodiversity Strategy
The role of local government and its cross-sectoral partners in financing and delivering a net-zero Scotland
Previous
Budget scrutiny 2023-24
Carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS)
Energy price rises
Environmental Common Frameworks
Fourth draft National Planning Framework (NPF4)
Fuel poverty strategy
Legislative consent memorandum on the Environment Bill
Legislative consent memorandum on the High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill
Legislative consent memorandum on the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
P&O Ferries
PE1750 Independent Monitoring of Satellite tags fitted to raptors
PE1815 Translocate protected beavers to reduce licensed killing
PE1866: Introduce legislation to improve bus travel for wheelchair users
PE1872 Improve the reliability of island ferry services
Transfer of operation of ScotRail
Future
Future business
The Committee considers its work programme regularly to maintain a rolling programme of business.
Alongside referred work such as legislation and petitions, the Committee's main business over the coming months will include consideration of air quality in Scotland, undertaking scrutiny of Scotland’s future energy needs as a net zero nation, and concluding its inquiry into a modern and sustainable ferry service for Scotland.
Correspondence
Committee correspondence
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
Submission from Kenny Bisset, Fife Council, 30 March 2023
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
The REACH (Amendment) Regulations 2023
Letter to Rebecca Pow MP, Minister for Environmental Quality and Resilience, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 30 March 2023
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
The REACH (Amendment) Regulations 2023
Letter to the Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Just Transition, 30 March 2023
Official Reports
Official Reports
Meeting date: Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Subordinate Legislation, Electricity Infrastructure Inquiry, Deposit Return Scheme
Meeting date: Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Electricity Infrastructure Inquiry, Subordinate Legislation
Meeting date: Tuesday, March 14, 2023
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, COP15 Outcomes, Interests, COP15 Outcomes, Deposit Return Scheme, Subordinate Legislation
Meeting date: Tuesday, March 7, 2023
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, COP15 Outcomes, Public Petitions
Meeting date: Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Subordinate Legislation, Ferry Services Inquiry, Subordinate Legislation
Meeting date: Tuesday, February 21, 2023
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Subordinate Legislation, Ferry Services Inquiry
Meeting date: Tuesday, February 7, 2023
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Subordinate Legislation, Ferry Services Inquiry, Subordinate Legislation
Meeting date: Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Ferry Services Inquiry
Meeting date: Tuesday, January 24, 2023
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Energy Bill
Meeting date: Tuesday, January 17, 2023
Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Budget Scrutiny 2023-24
Reports
Committee reports
A report by the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee on the Legislative Consent Memorandum and Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Energy Bill (UK Parliament legislation).
A report from the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee on The Renewables Obligation (Scotland) Amendment Order 2023 [draft] and The National Bus Travel Concession Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Order 2023 [draft].
A report from the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee on The Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 (Register of Persons Holding a Controlled Interest in Land) Amendment Regulations 2023 [draft].
Remit
To consider and report on matters falling within the responsibility of the Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport, with the exception of matters relating to rural land use, wildlife crime and animal welfare.